First excursion- North Seymour island for frigates, blue footed Bobbies (juvenile), land iguana, and seals

A Wandering Doc
Jan 13
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Updated: 4 days ago

North Seymour - Island

Galapagos Sea Lions, Blue-footed Boobies, land iguanas and Magnificent Frigatebirds are abundant on North Seymour Island. The island was formed by a series of submarine lavas containing layers of sediment that were uplifted by tectonic activity. The island is characterized by its arid vegetation zone.

We boarded a livaboard yacht today for a week long trip to many of the uninhabited islands of the Galapagos. Included in the package is 2-4 landings each day. Because today was boarding day, we only had one excurstion. It was a dry landing (north Seymour) where we took a 1.5 hour hike to learn about some of Galapagos most famous inhabitants.

It is mating season for the frigates. The males show off their beautiful red throats in an attempt to attract females. The males also build the nests and the females select males based on their throat and the size of the nest created.

Males showing off to attract a female flying above

Next we came across some juvenile blue footed boobies. These feet aren’t real blue because these are juvenile.

North Seymour is home to many land iguanas. These are vegetarian iguanas. This guy was medium size and beautifully colored.. We will see giant iguana later in the trip. They will bite so stay 6 feet away.

Finally we came to a beach filled with sea lions. SO STINKIN CUTE!! This first video is a baby trying to get milk from the wrong mom- the right baby bit him to send him away. Seals behave as a colony and help each other except the mothers milk is only for her one baby.

wrong mom